Edward Bellamy

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Edward Bellamy (1889)
Reclam edition from 1919

Edward Bellamy (* 26. March 1850 in Chicopee , Massachusetts ; † 22. May 1898 ) was an American science fiction - Author and journalist. His best-known work is the utopian novel A Review from 2000 to 1887 .

Life

Bellamy spent most of his life in his birthplace. As the son of a Baptist pastor and a Calvinist mother, he experienced the cruelty of child labor and was shaped by the observed inhumanity of wealthy mill owners. At an early age, at 10, he began writing essays on socialist reforms.

Urged by his parents to the priesthood , he decided to study law. From 1868 to 1871 he studied law and spent a year in Germany. In 1871 he was admitted to the court and from that year worked as a journalist and editor. First he was associate editor of the Springfield Union , later editor of the Evening Post , New York . In 1880 he founded the Springfield Daily News with his brother . In 1882 he married Emma Sanderson . As early as 1885, he devoted himself only to writing.

His early prose, which also included the fantastic , does not yet show the pronounced social commitment like the novel Looking Backward 2000-1887, which founded his fame . The work appeared in 1888 and was widely received in the USA and became one of the first international bestsellers. After the publication of the work, over 150 American Bellamy clubs were founded in the USA with the aim of realizing the society described in Looking Backward . A large number of utopian writings carried on the central ideas of the work at the turn of the 20th century.

The success of this novel is presumably due to its practical treatment of the economic problems facing America at the end of the 19th century. Of course, the intertwined romance in which the description of the future is embedded did not miss the taste of the times. The work led to heated and controversial discussions. Hundreds of Bellamy companies have been set up. However, its fame faded just as quickly as it was established. His sequel Equality , published in 1897, found hardly any echo or even supporters. Shortly after the book was published, Bellamy died of tuberculosis.

Edward Bellamy is one of the pioneers of the utopian American novel and is considered the main literary representative of American reform socialism. His house is under the name "since 1971. Edward Bellamy House " as a National Historic Landmark in the National Register of Historic Places entered.

bibliography

Julian West
  • 1 Looking Backward, 2000–1887 (1888; also: Looking Backward , 1968; also: Looking Backwards, from 2000 to 1887 , 2014; also: Looking Backward: From 2000 To 1887 , 2000; also: Looking Backward (2000-1887) or, Life in the Year 2000, AD , 1896; also: Looking Backward: If Socialism Comes, 2000-1887 , 1925; also: Looking Backward From 2000 to 1887 , 2001; also: Looking Backward: 2000-1887 , 2018)
    German editions:
    • In 2000: a look back at 1887. Translated by Richard George. Hendel, Halle an der Saale 1890.
    • A look back from the year 2000 to the year 1887. Translated by Alexander Fleischmann. Wigand, Leipzig 1891.
    • A look back at the year 2000. Translated by Clara Zetkin . Dietz, 1914.
    • Review from the year 2000 to the year 1887. G. Müller (Utopia # 1), Munich 1919, DNB 578844842 .
    • A look back from the year 2000 to 1887: Translated from the 301,000 of the American original edition. Edited by Georg von Gizycki . Reclams Universal Library # 2660/2662 , Leipzig 1937, DNB 578844850 .
    • The wonderful experiences of Mr. Julian West in 2000. People and work, 1947.
    • A review of the year 2000. Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit # 30), 1973, ISBN 3-436-01780-9 .
    • Review of the year 2000. Edited and with an introduction by Wolfgang Both. Golkonda (General Series # 110), 2013, ISBN 978-3-944720-10-4 .
  • 2 Equality (1897)
    • German: equality. Translated by M. Jacobi. German publishing house, 1898.
Novels
  • Dr. Heidenhoff's Process (1880)
  • Miss Ludington's Sister: A Romance of Immortality (1884)
  • The Blindman's World (short novel in: The Atlantic Monthly, November 1886 )
    • German: The world of the blind. In: Olaf R. Spittel and Erik Simon (eds.): The dream manufacturer: Stories of amazing inventions and fantastic adventures. Das Neue Berlin (Classic Science Fiction Stories), 1985.
  • With the Eyes Shut (short novel in: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, October 1889 )
  • The Duke of Stockbridge (2000)
Collections
  • The Blindman's World and Other Stories (1898)
  • Apparitions of Things to Come: Tales of Mystery & Imagination (1990)
  • The Edward Bellamy Megapack (2013)
  • Collected Works of Edward Bellamy, Volume I (2013, collective edition)
Short stories

1875:

  • The Cold Snap (in: Scribner's Monthly, September 1875 )

1877:

  • A Summer Evening's Dream (in: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, July 1877 )
  • Hooking Water-Melons (in: Scribner's Monthly, September 1877 )
  • Lost (in: Scribner's Monthly, December 1877 )

1878:

  • Two Days 'of Solitary Imprisonment (in: Appletons' Journal, March 1878 )
  • Deserted (in: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, November 1878 )

1879:

  • Pott's Painless Cure (in: Scribner's Monthly, February 1879 )

1886:

  • A Blindman's World (1886)
    • German: The world of the blind. In: Erik Simon and Olaf R. Spittel (eds.): The dream manufacturer. The New Berlin, 1985.

1887:

  • At Pinney's Ranch (in: The Atlantic Monthly, December 1887 )

1888:

  • A Love Story Reversed (in: Century Magazine, May 1888 )

1889:

  • An Echo of Antietam (in: Century Magazine, July 1889 )
  • A Positive Romance (in: Century Magazine, August 1889 )
  • To Whom This May Come (in: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February 1889 )
    • German: Whoever achieves this. In: Isaac Asimov (ed.): SF stories of the 19th century. Heyne SF & F # 4022, 1983, ISBN 3-453-31023-3 . Also as: Whoever receives this. In: Erik Simon and Olaf R. Spittel (eds.): Duel in the 25th century: stories of happy worlds and times to come. Das Neue Berlin (Classic Science Fiction Stories), 1987, ISBN 3-360-00083-8 .
  • Christmas in the Year 2000 (in: Ladies' Home Journal, January 1895 )

1898:

  • The Old Folks' Party (1898, in: Edward Bellamy: The Blindman's World and Other Stories )

1959:

  • Machines Do Our Work (excerpt from Looking Backward , 1959, in: Isabel S. Gordon and Sophie Sorkin (Eds.): The Armchair Science Reader )

1990:

  • Almost a Suicide (1990, in: Edward Bellamy: Apparitions of Things to Come: Tales of Mystery & Imagination )
  • A Midnight Drama (1990, in: Edward Bellamy: Apparitions of Things to Come: Tales of Mystery & Imagination )
  • Plots for Stories (1990, in: Edward Bellamy: Apparitions of Things to Come: Tales of Mystery & Imagination )
  • A Tale of the South Pacific (1990, in: Edward Bellamy: Apparitions of Things to Come: Tales of Mystery & Imagination )
Non-fiction
  • Selected Writings on Religion and Society (1955)
  • Talks on Nationalism
Essays
  • Woman in the Year 2000 (in: Ladies' Home Journal, February 1891 )

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Bellamy, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author of utopian novels
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicopee , Massachusetts , USA
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1898
Place of death Chicopee , Massachusetts , USA